Monday, July 23, 2018

"...no matter if you said the sky was blue she would immediately say, no! It is green. It got so that we ended up talking about nothing because I was always always wrong."

Oh wow. That describes my aunt to a T...

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Monday, Monday...Coffee pot is empty, and so (about) is my cup. I woke up thinking about my kiddos. Yesterday as DS#2 was leaving, I told him (as always), that he was my favorite second child, and their was no second son I loved better. His reply was.."Oh, not quite true, I am your favorite child PERIOD!" My two sons are so different- they each bring something different to the table--one is the onion, the other is the hummus. They love each other, but have such differing lifestyles and opinions with the delightful exception of this: When DS#1 and I part company, I always tell him he is my favorite first born child. His reply..." Wrong, I am your favorite child ALWAYS!"

Feeling Blessed.

Have a Funday, Monday. Each of you is my favorite Maintenance Group poster!

Hehehehehehe, I say the same thing to my 3 sons!

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When am I going to get this weightloss started up again? It was so much easier to be wise to the ways of weightloss and maintenance while in pregnancy weight gain bliss.

Yesterday I feel like I ate and ate into abandon. I've been feeling that way a lot recently. Like I want bad foods. And too much of them. And I don't even feel like I care about it, which is odd. So maybe I have some need that's not being met in other ways. Clearly there have been lots of changes recently. I need to adopt some kind of "indulging" self care plan that doesn't involve food! And it's not just head hunger. I went to bed legit hungry on Saturday night and woke up hungry! And yesterday I ate decently well until 4pm-piece of pizza (trouble with ordering pizza is leftover pizza!). 6pm-piece of pizza. 8pm-leftover half of hamburger. Ugh!!! So bad!

That first week or two is always the hardest. I just need to dig in my heels.

Something non-food related I noticed recently was how difficult the aging process must be. DH and I were at lunch and they had one of those new touch-screen soda fountains. You know the ones? Where you are prompted to choose soda/diet soda/non-soda, then you can choose coke/dr. pepper/sprite, etc., then flavor, etc. DH was in line behind a couple older ladies and finally had to teach them how to use this machine. These are cool machines, but sometimes we're making things complicated for no good reason. How hard was it to just tip your cup under the coke dispenser? I don't think people realize how much more difficult some of this "easier" technology makes things for older people. My grandmother used to love going to the library to check out books. Now they have self-checkout with scanners and I think the pad will even register it. Cool, huh? Except at 87 she now refuses to go because it's frustrating and embarrassing for her meanwhile all these early twenties are hanging out up front on their cell phones doing nothing? Once I took her there and asked them for assistance, figuring surely they would just do it for her. They tried to teach her how to use it. Ugh. Basic is best. Or at least that option. I'm going to do terribly at aging. I already dislike having to learn new technology. Yikes.

Ha! I am one of those old ladies. Self check out? Hells bells, no clue and DON'T WANT TO KNOW how to do it, thank you any ways. My major, being Theatre Arts, plus the true fact that I am not proud, and have no problem playing the situation, allows me the freedom to act the idiot until one of those so called employees that is supposed to be serving me comes over and does his or her job. Technology has passed me by and I don't care. You put it so well, BB, Basic IS Best!

Small world. My BA is in Theatre Arts, with an emphasis on acting and directing! Serves me well in the classroom!

I know what you mean! I worked in technology and I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep up with what is coming. We just got the Echo and figuring out how to take full advantage of it is a challenge?

So true! When my mom read that they weren't going to make VCRs anymore she went out and bought 6 and shoved them under the beds in the house because she didn't want to have to learn how to use a DVR. Some days I feel her pain. Like when I tried to figure out Snapchat. I don't get how to use that AT ALL. And I think I'm really technically savvy. I just feel left behind when it comes to social media stuff.

Greetings Peeps, Peps and Pups

My scale couldn't decide if I was 149.5 or 150 so I choose. I had an active day (for me) walking both dogs separately. DH had a headache. I tried valiantly to get rid of debris in the house but with limited success. Where does it all come from? (answer: DH and the postal service plus Amazon Prime).

Lordy Cecily, 5 more days of Aunt Crabby. Its like the way my mom's friend Crazy Pat used to treat me. Always looking for something to complain about, not hearing half of what goes on, mad at the world and blaming me etc etc etc. In Pat's case I truly believe there was some neurological issue but perpetually cranky people are so not open to the idea that they need help. Counting the days for you. Maybe you just need to "not feel well" and go take a nap. My sympathies. Funny how good kids can come from such people.

Liz the fair sounds like fun. Eat a corn dog for me.

Miss150 you are so lucky to have two great kids. Good job. Blessings to all who have put nice people on this planet.

Peps and puppies! Already interviewing prospective homes at 3 weeks! Those pups must just be getting mobile now and starting the really fun stage. Enjoy.

Well Carbon, the 8 kids must be there now. How are you managing?

Interesting BB on your comments on the difficulties of aging. I have not seen the fancy soda machines yet. We live in a backwater and I don't do soda anyway. But I get the challenge. I was just reading an AARP article about how Japan has a high population of aged people and their society is adapting - like banks and other places have reading glasses available for public use, cross walks have a "slower" button for older people to punch who need more time and stuff like that. I remember being on a college campus recently and the center had steps that were perhaps 100 feet in horizontal distance and were very wide and gentle yet no where was there a railing! This old chick needs a rail for balance since my feet are wonky. And I have purchased and returned clock radios where the digital controls were so tiny and obtuse that i couldn't see or work them. A local garden supply store (read: pot grow store) has garden clippers and such that are designed for arthritic hands. And there are probably plenty of pot growers around here that are on medicare.

Kiln opens today and I think I have quite a bit of stuff. Good thing as gallery stock is low.

Had a half ear of sweet corn last night. So good. Does everyone know that the easiest way to cook corn is in the husk in the microwave for 5-6 minutes per ear? Then hold under cold running water and the husks and stuff peels off really easily.

I bought a single serving packet of some protein powder at the health food store. Plant based protein. I really need to up protein and thought I would try this. Probably will be horrible.

What is not horrible is coffee. To bad it has no protein. Yeah I could add some but it just wouldn't be the same. More on the way! Diane S

I can no longer handle whey protein isolate or other whey proteins. I like the plant based protein I got at GNC. It's not fantastic, but it certainly is highly palatable. Brand is Garden of Life.